Manure-distributer



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W. O. MOTYEIRE. M'ANURE DISTRIBUTER.

Patented Apr. 27, 1886.

1.7V VEJV TOR mum? 7:1 3 Attorneys N. PETERS, PhMwLflhognphr. Wilmington. RC1

' end of the hub of which are notches M.

UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICE.

IVIIJLIAM OAPERS MOTYEIRE, OF HATGHECHUBBEE, ALABAMA.

MANURE-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. $10,591, dated 2'7, 1886.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM CAPERS Mo- TYEIRE, a citizen of the United States, residing at I-Iatchechubbee, in the county of Bussell and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Manure-Distributers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in manure-distributers; and itconsists in thepeculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention with thenear wheel removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the attachment for opening the furrow and covering the manure therein.

A represents the hopper or body, which is rectangular in shape, and is provided with a bottom having inclined sides B, said bottom being preferably semicircular longitudinally, as shown. In the lower side of the bottom, at the center thereof, is an opening, 0, which is closed or opened by a hinged door, D. A shaft, E, is j ournaled vertically to one side of the body, and is provided with a crank-handle, F, at its upper end, and has an arm, G, at its lower end, which extends at right angles from the shaft, and is connected by a rod, H, with the lower free side of the hinged door. By turning the crank-handle the door may be closed or opened, as will be very readily seen.

I represents a transverse shaft that extends through the body or hopper, and has on one end the loose supporting-wheel K, and on the opposite end the loose wheel L, on the inner A clutch, N, is feathered on the shaft, and can be moved in or out by a lever, O,fulcrun1ed to one side of the body or hopper, so as to-loclc said clutch with the notches M, to make the wheel L fast to the shaft or to release it therefrom. On the center of the shaft I is a collar or hub, P, from which extend radial stirringarms R, that work in the bottom of the hopper when the shaft is rotated.

S represents rock-shafts that are journaled transversely in the body or hopper, and near the ends thereof, and are provided near their ends with collars or hubs T, to which are $6- cured radial stirring-arms U, thatwork in the ends of the hopper. On one end of the shaft I is secured an eccentric, V. The corresponding ends of the rock-shafts Shave cranks \V, which are connected by a double eccentricrod, X, that has its strap working on the cocentric.

Y represents the shafts, having rearwardlyextending ends, to which the hopper or body is suspended by vertically-extending lugs, that bear against the outer or inner sides of the shafts, and are secured thereto by bolt-rods Z.

A represents the drivers seat, secured on a transverse bar, B, to the ends of which are bolted semi-elliptic springs O, that bear on the-upper sides'of the rear extensions of the shafts. The front ends of these springs are hinged to the shafts, as at I), and the rear ends of the springs merely rest on the shafts, as shown. By this construction the seat is pivoted on the shafts and can be thrown for ward out of the way when it is desired to throw manure into the body or hopper.

After ,the hopper is filled the machine is driven to the field where the manure is to be distributed, and while on the way the driver, by shifting the lever to cause the wheel L to be locked to the shaft I, imparts motion to said shaft and to the rock-shafts, which causes the stirring-arms to work in the manure, so as to pulverize it andbreak it into line particles.

\Vhen the field is reached and the machine is started along a row, the door is opened, and the stirring-arms force the manure out of the hopper through the opening to the ground. By opening the door to any desired extent the quantity of manure distributed to the acre can be readily regulated.

When it is desired to open furrowsin which to deposit the manure and then cover the same therein, I provide the devices shown in Fig. 4, in which (t represents a rectangular frame of a size sufficient to contain the body or hopper. To the front of this frame is attached a draft-pole, b, for a double team, a fur row-opening plow, 0, having a curved rod, (1',

by means of which it may be raised or lowcred, a regulating-wheel, e, for regulating the depth of the furrow, and near the rear end of the frame are pivoted on opposite sides a pair of covering-plows, f, connected by a bar, 9,

5 and provided with a sectional toothed rod, h,

by which the plows may be raised above the ground and supported in. a raised position by catching one of the teeth of the rod h over the rear edge of the body or hopper. WVhcn these 10 devices are employed, the shafts are taken off the hopper, and the frame a is slipped over the hopper and secured thereto by bolts k.

The operation of the manure-distributing mechanism is the same as in the previous in- I 5 stance.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- WILLIAM OAPERS MCTYEIRE.

Witnesses:

F. V. R1012, F. A. SWANN. 

